Brinesnapper
| Brinesnapper | ||
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| (Malasaurus perveniat) | ||
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| Information | ||
| Creator | Hydromancerx Other | |
| Week/Generation | 27/166 | |
| Habitat | Jaydoh Temperate Coast, Scifi Subpolar Coast, Arctic Subpolar Coast, Jaydoh Temperate Beach, Scifi Subpolar Beach, Arctic Subpolar Beach, Fermi Marsh, Fermi Mudflat, Fermi Temperate Mangal | |
| Size | 80 cm Wingspan | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Endoskeleton (Hollow Bone) | |
| Diet | Carnivore (Squire Finworm, South Polar Shardgill, Gillarill, Marine Gilltail, Marine Urpoi, Probing Gilltail, Finned Filtersquid, Surge Gilltail, Globe Gilltail, Ebony Pump Gilltail, Sealid, Vicious Gilltail, Seafin, Finback, Southern Strainerbeak, Southern Gillfin, Bleedin Waterworm, Larvaback, Miniswarmers) | |
| Respiration | Active (Lungs) | |
| Thermoregulation | Endotherm (Downy Feathers) | |
| Reproduction | Sexual, 2 Genders, Hard Shelled Eggs | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Phylum Superclass Clade Class Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Carpozoa Spondylozoa Anisoscelida Tetrapodes Dakoptera (info) Alatidracones Laridrakonidae Malasaurus Malasaurus perveniat | |
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The Brinesnapper split from its ancestor, the Bladesnapper. it lives and looks much like its ancestor, except for one key difference: it can sneeze salty brine out of its nostrils. Living on the coast, it consumes a lot of salt in its diet. Rather than excreting it in its urine, it will store it up in a special gland in its nasal cavity. When threatened it will shoot a cloud of stinging brine into the eyes of its target, thus temporarily blinding it. This of course only works for creatures on land with eyes. It initially developed a salt gland to regulate salt from its own diet, and then later adapted it into a "breath weapon". It consumption of extra salt only serve to recharge its salty sneezes.
Like its ancestor its lower jaw has a sharp edge to help it cut up prey for eating. Its long neck helps it reach prey in the water, as well as use its blade with great dexterity. It will also use its blade to scrap salt from salt deposits found in places such as mudflats or beaches. Eating salt directly can replenish their salt reserves.
Maturing in the first year, individuals live for 5 years. Individuals nest in groups of 20-50 called "barracks"; while they return to the same place to nest, they hunt alone or in mating pairs. As nesting space became more scarce, some populations moved into the temperate parts of the island. Parents mate for life and rear clutches of 2-3 chicks, which are laid in the warmer months and take 3 months to hatch.